Individual Details
Louis Edward Duval
(15 Oct 1850 - 23 Apr 1916)
Louis Edward Duval's early life is unknown besides his birth in Paris, France on 15 October 1850. Family stories claim that his father died when Louis was eight years old, which would be about 1858. It was also said that he had five uncles, and that an ancestor had been a royal violinist for the French court. So far no records from France have been located to prove these family stories.
Family lore says he immigrated with his mother, Josephine, to America when he was a young man, either at 19 or 24 years old. Census records differ, the 1910 census says he immigrated in 1869, and the 1900 census says 1874. It was said that mother and son lived in New York for about two years where Josephine engaged in millinery work, after which they decided to leave for the new Kansas territory. Sadly, upon reaching Kansas, Josephine contacted typhoid fever and died, leaving Louis to make his own way in the new land. Naturalization records show that Louis was in Saline County, Kansas in 1877 as he filed his intention to naturalize there on 3 Sept 1877.
In Kansas, Louis began his career of working for the railroad. He was hired as a pumper on 1 October, 1878 with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. His employee service record for the AT&SF Railroad shows that he worked for them for 28 years until his resignation at age 56 on 21 November, 1906. This record describes him as 5 ft. 5 in. tall, 140 lb., dark complexion, brown (gray) hair and hazel eyes and that his service was satisfactory. During his employment by the railroad he had various duties. The 1880 census shows Louis in Burlingame working on the pump engine. The 1900 census lists him as a stationary engineer in Osage City.
It was in Burlingame that he met and wooed Mary Catherine Guizlo. Mary's father, Joseph Guizlo, was also employed at that time working on a section of the railroad. Mary became Louis's wife on 6 July 1881 in a wedding at the Burlingame Methodist Episcopal Church. The couple made their home about nine miles due south of Burlingame in Osage City. Louis's employer, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, ran through the center of this town. Here, Louis and Mary raised their family. They had four children, three of which lived to adulthood. Osage City was still a frontier town in the 1880's and 1890's. Their daughter Adele, born in 1883, claimed to remember having curious Osage Indians walk into their home just to wander around and gawk at their things when she was a child. While in Osage City Louis became a member of Osage Lodge, No. 82 I.O.O.F. of Kansas, and Signal Lodge, No. 41, F. an A.M. The family resided in Osage City until after the death of Mary in 1905.
After his wife's death, Louis and two of his children, Adele and Fred, moved to California though they didn't stay together. The 1910 census shows Louis living in a boarding house in the Canal Precinct of Merced Co. working as a fireman. His daughter and son were in San Francisco, Adele working as a seamstress and Fred as a car mechanic. The middle son, Albert, had married around 1907 and stayed in Kansas. Louis's employee's certificate from the railroad was postmarked Newman, CA in 1912. (There is a Newman in Stanislaus Co.).
Louis then moved to Butte Co. in northern California where he purchased tracts of land in Gridley Colony No. 5, lots 28 and 29. These tracts of land were small holdings subdivided from large, dry-farmed ranches by the Irrigated Land Company after the Butte County Canal Company completed its 23 mile long irrigation canal. He improved the property and made his home there for the greater part of the time doing ranch work. On April 15, 1916 he was injured in a runaway accident near Manzanita and received a fracture of the right arm. Because the shock of the accident seriously affected his health, Fred brought him to San Francisco where he and Adele could take care of him. Eight days later, on 23 April, 1916, Louis died after taking a short walk near the home of his daughter Adele.
The Osage City Free Press (Osage City, Kansas) Thu, Oct 22, 1891, Page 6
About fifteen or twenty Odd Fellows from Lyndon visited the lodge in this city on Monday evening. After witnessing the conferring of the 2nd degree on L. E. Duvall, the lodge in company with, and in honor of their guests, repared to William Gwinner's restaurant and partook of an oyster supper. They report having had a splendid time together.
The Osage City Free Press (Osage City, Kansas) Thu, Oct 29, 1891, Page 5
L.E. Duvall took the third degree in Odd Fellowship last Monday night.
The Osage City Free Press (Osage City, Kansas) Thu, Jan 11, 1894, Page 5
-L. E. Duvall, the efficient manager of the Santa Fe water supply in this city, made our office a pleasant call on Friday.
The Osage City Free Press (Osage City, Kansas) Wed, Jan 15, 1896, Page 8
In our list of A. O. U. W. [Ancient Order of United Workmen (AOUW)] officers-elect last week our informant omitted the office of Post Master Workman, which should have headed the list with the name of L. E. Duval. It was an oversight on the part of our informant.
The Osage City Free Press (Osage City, Kansas) Thu, May 6, 1897, Page 4
School Board Meeting.
The New Board Elected-Salaries Cut- Superintendent Elected.
The Board of Education held its first meeting for the new year last Monday evening. The new members entering the board are L. E. Duval, of the third ward, and John Harmon, of the outside district. .....
The Osage City Free Press (Osage City, Kansas) Thu, Aug 12, 1897, Page 5
Lute Silven and Ed Hanslip were wandering through the timber on Salt creek in the neighborhood of the Fawcett place the other day when suddenly they discovered an old well partly covered with brush. The discovery was so sudden that Lute was precipitated into the well head foremost. A rope was procured with which to pull him out. Failing to get him out with the aid of a rope, Mr. L. E. Duval, of the Santa Fe pumping station, procured a ladder, and the half drowned boy was soon on terra firma. It was a narrow escape but fortunately he was not much hurt.
The Osage City Free Press (Osage City, Kansas) Thu, May 5, 1898, Page 5
The board of education met in regular session Monday night and organized for the coming year as follows: President Ben Heilbrun; vice president, L. E. Duval; clerk, Gus Burklund. The board also decided to adopt the regular state text books. All the old books must be exchanged for new ones during May. Further notice of this will be given.
The Osage City Free Press (Osage City, Kansas) Wed, Jul 26, 1899, Page 5
L. E. Duval and family enjoyed a visit last week from a Mrs. Stewart, of Burlingame, and daughter, of Topeka. The daughter was formerly a pupil of Mrs. Duval, when she taught school in that neighborhood some years ago.
The Osage City Free Press (Osage City, Kansas) Wed, Jul 26, 1899, Page 5
Mrs. F. G. [This should be B. F.] Guizlo and three children, from Manchester, this state, recently visited the family of her brother, L. E. Duval, in this city. They went on to Elk City, to visit her father, and will return in about two weeks. Mr. Guizlo is agent for the Santa Fe at Manchester.
The Osage City Free Press (Osage City, Kansas) Wed, Apr 24, 1901, Page 5
L. E. Duvall, of Osage City, was here Sunday visiting with Joe Guizlo. - Reading Recorder.
The Osage City Free Press (Osage City, Kansas) Wed, Mar 14, 1906, Page 8
Tuesday evening the Dorcas Rebekah lodge of this city held a special meeting and initiated the following persons into the order: Mrs. Harry Frid, Mrs. Lloyd Green, Mrs. Alfred Frid, Mrs. Frank Smith, Miss Adele Duval, L. E. Duval, Harry Frid, Mrs. Jennie Jones and Miss Leia Halpin. The Rebekahs also have candidates to be taken through the mysteries of the degree Thursday evening of next week.
The Osage City Free Press (Osage City, Kansas) Wed, Mar 28, 1906, Page 10
L. E. Duval has gone to California to spend a few weeks sight seeing and visiting with relatives and friends in the coast state.
Chico Record, Volume LVII, Number 90, 18 April 1906
REALTY RECORDS
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California Irrigated Land Company to L. E. Duval —Lots 28 and 29, Gridley Colony No 5.
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The Osage City Free Press (Osage City, Kansas) Thu, Nov 22, 1906, Page 5
W. L. Ferris, of Reading, has purchased the L. E. Duval property and will succeed Mr. Duval in the Santa Fe water service. Mr. Ferris is now the oldest employee in this capacity.
The Osage City Free Press (Osage City, Kansas) Wed, Nov 28, 1906, Page 5
L E Duval and son, Fred, left Thursday for Illinois, where they intend making their home. Mr. Duval has worked at the Santa Fe pump house for several years. W. L. Ferris, from near Reading, took his place at the pump house. After repairing and remodeling the Duval property in the southwest part of town, Mr. Ferris will move his family to this city.
Chico Record, Number 276, 23 November 1909
TWENTY-TWO COMPLAINTS ARE FILED MORE ACTIONS TO ENFORCE PAY MENT OF DRAINAGE DISTRICT ASSESSMENTS
Twenty-two separate complaints were filed with County Clerk H. T. Batch elder in Oroville Monday morning against a score and more land-holders in Drainage District No. 1, near Grldley. The papers are filed to enforce the payment of assessments levied In September 1908. The amounts each defendant is sued for range from $10 to $500. Bond & Hayes are attorneys for the plaintiffs.
The complaints are all exactly alike with the exception of the amounts sued for. The following are the defendants: W. H. Robinson; Isaac Greer and the Rideout Bank; Z Embrosiz; William H. Beardsley: John Gonoung and the Northern California Bank of Savings; W. L. Harkey; William R. Huartson: James M. Humble and the Rideout Bank: Ray Hyatt, David Osborn and his wife and G. E. Porter; Jessie Ownby and her husband and V. P Richards; Zachary Porter and H. M. Serckland; M. Reyman and M. Goldstein; George Tranter and George D. Wickman: H. C. Veatch and James Ownby: Loyal H. Watrous; Arthur Olschomsky and the Rideout Bank; Carl Oslindrel and the Northern California Bank of Savings; August Risse and the Irrigated Land Company of California; Myron C Munger and the Northern California Bank of Savings; L. E. Duval and the Irrigated Lands Company of California: Arnold Bonslett and the Sacramento Bank: Elizabeth Sheridan and her husband and the Rideout Bank.
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Excerpts from: William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas
OSAGE CITY
RAILROADS, SCHOOLS, ETC.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad crosses the northern line of the county near the center, and extends in a southwesterly direction across the townships of Ridgeway, Burlingame, Dragoon, Superior, and Barclay, crossing the western boundary of the county about on the north line of Township 18. The stations are Carbondale, Scranton, Burlingame, Peterton, Osage City.
SOCIETIES.
Signal Lodge, No. 41, A., F. & A. M., was instituted in February 1873, under dispensation, and was chartered on the 16th of the following October. The first officers were: S. L. Myers, W. M.; T.. B. Haslam, S. W.; D. M. Clemmer, J. W.; W. L. Smith, Treas.; W. H. Dodds, Sec.; W. A. Cotterman, S. D.; H. B. Miller, J. D.; J. N. Watkins, T. The above were the only charter members. The membership is now about sixty, and the lodge is in a prosperous condition. For the close of the year 1882, H. B. Miller is W. M., and Eli Bernheimer, Sec.
Osage City, Lodge, No. 82, I. O. O. F., was instituted in January, 1872; with twenty members. The lodge now numbers ninety-six members, and is in a prosperous condition. The present officers are: - M. B. Campbell, N. G.; M. Hanson, V. G.; S. Jones, Rec. Sec.; Eli Bernheimer, Per. Sec.; L. W. Brown, Treas.
Family lore says he immigrated with his mother, Josephine, to America when he was a young man, either at 19 or 24 years old. Census records differ, the 1910 census says he immigrated in 1869, and the 1900 census says 1874. It was said that mother and son lived in New York for about two years where Josephine engaged in millinery work, after which they decided to leave for the new Kansas territory. Sadly, upon reaching Kansas, Josephine contacted typhoid fever and died, leaving Louis to make his own way in the new land. Naturalization records show that Louis was in Saline County, Kansas in 1877 as he filed his intention to naturalize there on 3 Sept 1877.
In Kansas, Louis began his career of working for the railroad. He was hired as a pumper on 1 October, 1878 with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. His employee service record for the AT&SF Railroad shows that he worked for them for 28 years until his resignation at age 56 on 21 November, 1906. This record describes him as 5 ft. 5 in. tall, 140 lb., dark complexion, brown (gray) hair and hazel eyes and that his service was satisfactory. During his employment by the railroad he had various duties. The 1880 census shows Louis in Burlingame working on the pump engine. The 1900 census lists him as a stationary engineer in Osage City.
It was in Burlingame that he met and wooed Mary Catherine Guizlo. Mary's father, Joseph Guizlo, was also employed at that time working on a section of the railroad. Mary became Louis's wife on 6 July 1881 in a wedding at the Burlingame Methodist Episcopal Church. The couple made their home about nine miles due south of Burlingame in Osage City. Louis's employer, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, ran through the center of this town. Here, Louis and Mary raised their family. They had four children, three of which lived to adulthood. Osage City was still a frontier town in the 1880's and 1890's. Their daughter Adele, born in 1883, claimed to remember having curious Osage Indians walk into their home just to wander around and gawk at their things when she was a child. While in Osage City Louis became a member of Osage Lodge, No. 82 I.O.O.F. of Kansas, and Signal Lodge, No. 41, F. an A.M. The family resided in Osage City until after the death of Mary in 1905.
After his wife's death, Louis and two of his children, Adele and Fred, moved to California though they didn't stay together. The 1910 census shows Louis living in a boarding house in the Canal Precinct of Merced Co. working as a fireman. His daughter and son were in San Francisco, Adele working as a seamstress and Fred as a car mechanic. The middle son, Albert, had married around 1907 and stayed in Kansas. Louis's employee's certificate from the railroad was postmarked Newman, CA in 1912. (There is a Newman in Stanislaus Co.).
Louis then moved to Butte Co. in northern California where he purchased tracts of land in Gridley Colony No. 5, lots 28 and 29. These tracts of land were small holdings subdivided from large, dry-farmed ranches by the Irrigated Land Company after the Butte County Canal Company completed its 23 mile long irrigation canal. He improved the property and made his home there for the greater part of the time doing ranch work. On April 15, 1916 he was injured in a runaway accident near Manzanita and received a fracture of the right arm. Because the shock of the accident seriously affected his health, Fred brought him to San Francisco where he and Adele could take care of him. Eight days later, on 23 April, 1916, Louis died after taking a short walk near the home of his daughter Adele.
The Osage City Free Press (Osage City, Kansas) Thu, Oct 22, 1891, Page 6
About fifteen or twenty Odd Fellows from Lyndon visited the lodge in this city on Monday evening. After witnessing the conferring of the 2nd degree on L. E. Duvall, the lodge in company with, and in honor of their guests, repared to William Gwinner's restaurant and partook of an oyster supper. They report having had a splendid time together.
The Osage City Free Press (Osage City, Kansas) Thu, Oct 29, 1891, Page 5
L.E. Duvall took the third degree in Odd Fellowship last Monday night.
The Osage City Free Press (Osage City, Kansas) Thu, Jan 11, 1894, Page 5
-L. E. Duvall, the efficient manager of the Santa Fe water supply in this city, made our office a pleasant call on Friday.
The Osage City Free Press (Osage City, Kansas) Wed, Jan 15, 1896, Page 8
In our list of A. O. U. W. [Ancient Order of United Workmen (AOUW)] officers-elect last week our informant omitted the office of Post Master Workman, which should have headed the list with the name of L. E. Duval. It was an oversight on the part of our informant.
The Osage City Free Press (Osage City, Kansas) Thu, May 6, 1897, Page 4
School Board Meeting.
The New Board Elected-Salaries Cut- Superintendent Elected.
The Board of Education held its first meeting for the new year last Monday evening. The new members entering the board are L. E. Duval, of the third ward, and John Harmon, of the outside district. .....
The Osage City Free Press (Osage City, Kansas) Thu, Aug 12, 1897, Page 5
Lute Silven and Ed Hanslip were wandering through the timber on Salt creek in the neighborhood of the Fawcett place the other day when suddenly they discovered an old well partly covered with brush. The discovery was so sudden that Lute was precipitated into the well head foremost. A rope was procured with which to pull him out. Failing to get him out with the aid of a rope, Mr. L. E. Duval, of the Santa Fe pumping station, procured a ladder, and the half drowned boy was soon on terra firma. It was a narrow escape but fortunately he was not much hurt.
The Osage City Free Press (Osage City, Kansas) Thu, May 5, 1898, Page 5
The board of education met in regular session Monday night and organized for the coming year as follows: President Ben Heilbrun; vice president, L. E. Duval; clerk, Gus Burklund. The board also decided to adopt the regular state text books. All the old books must be exchanged for new ones during May. Further notice of this will be given.
The Osage City Free Press (Osage City, Kansas) Wed, Jul 26, 1899, Page 5
L. E. Duval and family enjoyed a visit last week from a Mrs. Stewart, of Burlingame, and daughter, of Topeka. The daughter was formerly a pupil of Mrs. Duval, when she taught school in that neighborhood some years ago.
The Osage City Free Press (Osage City, Kansas) Wed, Jul 26, 1899, Page 5
Mrs. F. G. [This should be B. F.] Guizlo and three children, from Manchester, this state, recently visited the family of her brother, L. E. Duval, in this city. They went on to Elk City, to visit her father, and will return in about two weeks. Mr. Guizlo is agent for the Santa Fe at Manchester.
The Osage City Free Press (Osage City, Kansas) Wed, Apr 24, 1901, Page 5
L. E. Duvall, of Osage City, was here Sunday visiting with Joe Guizlo. - Reading Recorder.
The Osage City Free Press (Osage City, Kansas) Wed, Mar 14, 1906, Page 8
Tuesday evening the Dorcas Rebekah lodge of this city held a special meeting and initiated the following persons into the order: Mrs. Harry Frid, Mrs. Lloyd Green, Mrs. Alfred Frid, Mrs. Frank Smith, Miss Adele Duval, L. E. Duval, Harry Frid, Mrs. Jennie Jones and Miss Leia Halpin. The Rebekahs also have candidates to be taken through the mysteries of the degree Thursday evening of next week.
The Osage City Free Press (Osage City, Kansas) Wed, Mar 28, 1906, Page 10
L. E. Duval has gone to California to spend a few weeks sight seeing and visiting with relatives and friends in the coast state.
Chico Record, Volume LVII, Number 90, 18 April 1906
REALTY RECORDS
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California Irrigated Land Company to L. E. Duval —Lots 28 and 29, Gridley Colony No 5.
...
The Osage City Free Press (Osage City, Kansas) Thu, Nov 22, 1906, Page 5
W. L. Ferris, of Reading, has purchased the L. E. Duval property and will succeed Mr. Duval in the Santa Fe water service. Mr. Ferris is now the oldest employee in this capacity.
The Osage City Free Press (Osage City, Kansas) Wed, Nov 28, 1906, Page 5
L E Duval and son, Fred, left Thursday for Illinois, where they intend making their home. Mr. Duval has worked at the Santa Fe pump house for several years. W. L. Ferris, from near Reading, took his place at the pump house. After repairing and remodeling the Duval property in the southwest part of town, Mr. Ferris will move his family to this city.
Chico Record, Number 276, 23 November 1909
TWENTY-TWO COMPLAINTS ARE FILED MORE ACTIONS TO ENFORCE PAY MENT OF DRAINAGE DISTRICT ASSESSMENTS
Twenty-two separate complaints were filed with County Clerk H. T. Batch elder in Oroville Monday morning against a score and more land-holders in Drainage District No. 1, near Grldley. The papers are filed to enforce the payment of assessments levied In September 1908. The amounts each defendant is sued for range from $10 to $500. Bond & Hayes are attorneys for the plaintiffs.
The complaints are all exactly alike with the exception of the amounts sued for. The following are the defendants: W. H. Robinson; Isaac Greer and the Rideout Bank; Z Embrosiz; William H. Beardsley: John Gonoung and the Northern California Bank of Savings; W. L. Harkey; William R. Huartson: James M. Humble and the Rideout Bank: Ray Hyatt, David Osborn and his wife and G. E. Porter; Jessie Ownby and her husband and V. P Richards; Zachary Porter and H. M. Serckland; M. Reyman and M. Goldstein; George Tranter and George D. Wickman: H. C. Veatch and James Ownby: Loyal H. Watrous; Arthur Olschomsky and the Rideout Bank; Carl Oslindrel and the Northern California Bank of Savings; August Risse and the Irrigated Land Company of California; Myron C Munger and the Northern California Bank of Savings; L. E. Duval and the Irrigated Lands Company of California: Arnold Bonslett and the Sacramento Bank: Elizabeth Sheridan and her husband and the Rideout Bank.
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Excerpts from: William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas
OSAGE CITY
RAILROADS, SCHOOLS, ETC.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad crosses the northern line of the county near the center, and extends in a southwesterly direction across the townships of Ridgeway, Burlingame, Dragoon, Superior, and Barclay, crossing the western boundary of the county about on the north line of Township 18. The stations are Carbondale, Scranton, Burlingame, Peterton, Osage City.
SOCIETIES.
Signal Lodge, No. 41, A., F. & A. M., was instituted in February 1873, under dispensation, and was chartered on the 16th of the following October. The first officers were: S. L. Myers, W. M.; T.. B. Haslam, S. W.; D. M. Clemmer, J. W.; W. L. Smith, Treas.; W. H. Dodds, Sec.; W. A. Cotterman, S. D.; H. B. Miller, J. D.; J. N. Watkins, T. The above were the only charter members. The membership is now about sixty, and the lodge is in a prosperous condition. For the close of the year 1882, H. B. Miller is W. M., and Eli Bernheimer, Sec.
Osage City, Lodge, No. 82, I. O. O. F., was instituted in January, 1872; with twenty members. The lodge now numbers ninety-six members, and is in a prosperous condition. The present officers are: - M. B. Campbell, N. G.; M. Hanson, V. G.; S. Jones, Rec. Sec.; Eli Bernheimer, Per. Sec.; L. W. Brown, Treas.
Events
| Birth | 15 Oct 1850 | France, Paris |  | ||
| Immigration | 15 Jun 1869 | New York from Le Havre, France on the Cimbria. |  | | |
| Immigration | 24 Sep 1874 | New York from Brest and La Havre, France on the ship Ville de Paris | | | |
| Naturalization | 3 Sep 1877 | Saline, Kansas, United States | | | |
| Property | 3 Sep 1877 | Salina, Saline, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Occupation | Bet 1 Oct 1878 and 21 Nov 1906 | Pumper for The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company - Osage City, Osage, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Census | 1880 | Burlingame, Osage, Kansas, United States | | | |
| Marriage | 6 Jul 1881 | Burlingame, Osage, Kansas, United States - Mary Catherine Geneva Guizlo | | | |
| Census (family) | 1895 | Osage City, Osage, Kansas, United States - Mary Catherine Geneva Guizlo | | | |
| Census (family) | 1900 | Osage City, Osage, Kansas, United States - Mary Catherine Geneva Guizlo | | | |
| Description | 1906 | 5 ft. 5 in., 140 lb., dark complexion, brown (gray) hair and hazel eyes. - Osage City, Osage, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Residence | 16 Nov 1907 | W.C.C.Co. Camp 3, Big Bend, Butte, California, United States | | | |
| Residence | Bef 1910 | 946 Mission St. - San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States | | ||
| Census | 1910 | Canal Farm, Merced, California, United States | | | |
| Occupation | Bet 1912 and 1916 | Rancher - Gridley, Butte, California, United States | | ||
| Death | 23 Apr 1916 | San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States | | | |
| Probate | 28 Apr 1916 | Butte, California, United States | | | |
| Burial | Abt 30 Apr 1916 | Osage Cemetery, Osage City, Osage, Kansas, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Catherine Geneva Guizlo (1855 - 1905) |
| Child | Adele Josephine Duval (1883 - 1964) |
| Child | Louis Albert "Albert" Duval (1886 - 1948) |
| Child | Arthur Fredrick "Fred" Duval (1888 - 1949) |
| Father | Louis Duval (1825 - 1858) |
| Mother | Josephine G. (1826 - 1876) |
Notes
Immigration
Possible immigration record?Edward Duval
Arrival Date: 15 Jun 1869
Estimated birth year: abt 1851
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Hamburg, Germany and Le Havre, France
Destination: United States of America
Place of Origin: France
Ship Name: Cimbria
Port of Arrival: New York
Line: 12
Microfilm Serial: M237
Microfilm Roll: M237_313
List Number: 657
Port Arrival State: New York
Port Arrival Country: United States
614 Francoise Duval, 43, female, woman, France, United States, Between deck
615 Edward Duval, 18, male, locksmith, France, United States, Between deck
Immigration
Another possibility, but a Mrs. Duval does not match family knowledge, it would mean he didn't come over with his mother, but a first wife. So far the first record is the best possibility.New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 > 1874 > September > 09 > Ville DE Paris
118 Edward Duval 24 male Engineer France U.S. 2d class
119 Mrs. Duval 21 female none France U.S. 2d class
Name: Edward Duval
Arrival Date: 9 Sep 1874
Estimated birth year: abt 1850
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Brest and La Havre, France
Destination: United States of America
Place of Origin: France
Ship Name: Ville de Paris
Port of Arrival: New York
Line: 24
Microfilm Serial: M237
Microfilm Roll: M237_393
List Number: 984
Port Arrival State: New York
Port Arrival Country: United States
Name: Mrs. Duval
Arrival Date: 9 Sep 1874
Estimated birth year: abt 1853
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Port of Departure: Brest and La Havre, France
Destination: United States of America
Place of Origin: France
Ship Name: Ville de Paris
Port of Arrival: New York
Line: 25
Microfilm Serial: M237
Microfilm Roll: M237_393
List Number: 984
Port Arrival State: New York
Port Arrival Country: United States
Naturalization
On Sept. 3, 1877 Louis filed his Intention in Saline Co., Kansas. His naturalization papers were not filed in Saline Co. though. Most likely he would have completed the process in Osage Co.Property
The Saline County journal. [volume], May 08, 1879.Notice
U.S. Land Office
Salina, Kansas,
May 5th, 1879.
} 5233
Complaint having been entered at this office by Robert M. Allison against Louis Edward Duval for abandoning his Homestead entery No. 18448, dated September 3, 1877, upon the north half of southwest quarter section 6, township 15, range 3 west, in Saline county, with a view to the cancellation of said entry; the said parties are hereby summoned to appear at this office on the 14th day of June, 1879, at 9 o'clock a.m., to respond and furnish testimony concerning his alledged abandonment.
Census
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's BirthplaceC. H. LINKENAUGER Self M Male W 54 VA Farmer VA VA
F. M. LINKENAUGER Wife M Female W 35 MO House Keeper KY KY
Sallie KYLE Other S Female W 16 VA VA VA
L. E. DUVAL Other Male W 23 FRANCE Pump Engine On R. R. FRA. FRA.
Source Information:
Census Place Burlingame, Osage, Kansas
Family History Library Film 1254391
NA Film Number T9-0391
Page Number 47D
Marriage
L.E. Duval of Burlingame, aged 30 years, and Miss Mary G. Guizlo of Burlingame, aged 26 years.State of Kansas, Osage County
I, Wm Stevenson do hereby certify, that in accordance with the authorization of the within License, I did, on the Sixth day of July A.D. 1881, at Burlingame in said County, join and unite in Marriage the above named Louie E. Duvall and Miss Mary E. Guislo.
Witness My hand and seal the day and year above written.
Attest: Wm. Stevenson Pastor M.E. Church, Alexander Blake Probate Judge.
(Methodist Episcopal Church, sometimes referred to as the M.E. Church)
DUVAL L. E. GUIZLO MARY G. 07/06/1881 Book B pg 0238
The Osage County Chronicle (Burlingame, Kansas) Thu, Jul 13, 1911, Page 8
The birds whispered it wrong last week. They should have said: "Married, Wednesday evening, July 7, 1881, L. E. Duvall, to Miss Mary Guizlo, by Rev. Dr. Stevenson, at the parsonage."
Census (family)
Index to the 1895 Kansas State CensusName: duval County: Osage
Name Age Sex Color Birthplace County City/Township Ward Vol. Sect. Page
Duval, Adeli 11 F W Pennsylvania Osage Osage City 1 272 1 44
Duval, Albert 8 M W Pennsylvania Osage Osage City 1 272 1 44
Duval, Fred 6 M W Kansas Osage Osage City 1 272 1 44
Duval, L E 44 M W France Osage Osage City 1 272 1 44
Duval, Mary 40 F W Pennsylvania Osage Osage City 1 272 1 44
Census (family)
1900, Kansas, Osage Co., Osage City, ED # 124, Ward of city - 3rdStafford Ct. or St (couldn't read) previous street was Topeka, next Elinwood
Duval, Louis E. Head, Oct 1850; age 49. married 19 yrs , born France, both parents born France, immigration yr. 1874, no. yrs. in US 26, NA, Occupation - Stationary Engineer , Own home free of mortgage.
Mary, Wife, Sept 1855, 44, married 19 yrs., mother of 4 children, 3 living. born Pennsylvania, parents both born Switzerland
Adell, Daughter, Nov. 1883, 16 attended school 8 months
Louis A., Son, July 1886, 13, attended school 8 months
Arthur F. Son, Nov. 1888, 11, attended school 8 months
yes for all on can read, write, speak English.
Residence
L E Duvalo/c W.C.C.Co. Camp 3
Oroville, Butte Co., CAL
Miss Adele Duval
Mackville
Strafford Co.
Lock Box No. 1 Kansas
Big Bend Nov 16 - 07
My Dear Daughter
I got your letter some days ago and was kind of lazy to write and also I was busy for instance last night I come down to the office to write you but went I got there the Master machinist wanted some little thing done it did not take me over 15 mins but that was and hour over time then after I got through there was a man then came over true milles to see me of course I gave up writing.
You spoke about going on the place for a while. I do not think that is a good plan for this reason that on account of Fred leaving every thing as he did I have not made any thing on the place and before it is fit for you to stay there I would have to fix the house better and also buy some more furniture I think the best way for me to do is to work somewhere and pay someone to get the place in shape for me I have an good neighbor that I believe I can trust if I got on the place the first I know my money will be all gone and I will be as bad as ever I spoke about going to San Francisco because there I can get better pay then I would in a small town beside I think either to start some kind of business or buy an interest in some business already started but will let you know latter on
I though you was going to stay wit Albert he wrote me that he was getting ready for you I expect to stay here about 2 or 3 weeks not later so if Ben get sick of you go to Albert, for a while will write to you to come over as soon as I can
Write at once and let what you [] letter and also if you want any money of course you must it seem to me that letter ought to know that if I could not send you any money from here I could not send her any neither in fact the only money I have is three dol's and I have been having that for three months but I have four check that I have to go to Oroville before I could get and money.
Well as my paper is giving out, I will close tell Ben I am going to write to him as soon as I could get some more enveloppes as I have only two left so Love to all
Ben Hattie and the kids Father
Census
Merced Co. Vol 062 ED 0103 House visit 17622 April, 1910.
Louie E, Duval, A boarder. Male White 59 years, widowed. Born in France, Parents Born in France. Emigrated 1869. Naturalized. Speaks English. Occupation Fireman. Can read and write. Not out of work April 10, 1910.
Louis is enumerated with Rupert S Mossman and his wife and 2 young sons. Fifteen male boarders are listed living with Mossman. The one above Louis is also a fireman, the others list various occupations. 6 are Irish, one German, Louis, French. The others are from various US states. Louis is the oldest man there, all the other boarders are single men ranging from 22 - 44.
Death
LOUIS E. DUVAL DIES AFTER A SHORT WALKLouis E. Duval, a rancher of Gridley, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs, S. M. De Witt, 1424 Valencia street yesterday, following a short walk with her. Duval received a fracture of the right arm on April 15th. The shock of the accident is thought to have seriously affected his health. He was 65 years old. No arrangements for the funeral have yet been made. (unidentified Newspaper clipping)
San Francisco Call, Volume 99, Number 98, 24 April 1916
DUVAL-in this city, April 23, 1916, Louis Edward Duval, dearly beloved father of Mr. S.W. De Witt and Albert and Fred Duval, a native of France, aged 65 years. A member of Osage Lodge, No. 82 I.O.O.F. of Kansas, and Signal Lodge, No. 41, F. an A. M.
Remains will be forwarded from the new parlors of Suhr & Wieboldt, 1465 Valencia St., between Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth, Tuesday, at 7 p.m., to Osage City, Kansas.
cause of death is
acute dilasaue been pelenary
acute myocardine and pericarditis
Probate
Chico Record, Number 103, 30 April 1916Court Notes
Mrs. Adele J. DeWitt of San Francisco petitioned for letters of administration over the estate of the late L. E. Duval. The value of the estate is given as $4325. The heirs are the petitioner, a daughter, and two sons, L. A. Duval of Pratt, Kas., and A. F. Duval of San Francisco.
Chico Record, Number 244, 13 October 1916
Court Notes
A petition for the distribution of the estate of L. E. Duval was filed.
Chico Record, Number 278, 22 November 1916
Court Notes
A decree of distribution was handed down in the estate of L. E. Duval.
A Decree of Final Discharge, and the trust settled and closed on May 9, 1917, by the Superioud Court of the County of Butte, State of California.
... the said final accounts of the said administratrix be, and the same are, settled, allowed, and approved:
And that the residue of said estate hereinafter particularly described and any other property not now known or discovered, which may belong to the said estate or in which the said estate may have any interest, be and the same is, hereby distributed as follows: One third (1/3) of said property to a daughter, Adele J. DeWittt, One third (1/3) to a son, L. A. Duval, and One third (1/3) to a son, A. F. Duval.
The following is a particular description of the said residue of the said estare referred to in this decree and of which distribution is now ordered as aforesaid:
Personal Property:
Household furniture, clothing, etc.,
Farming implements,
Two (2) horses.
Real estate situated in the County of Butte, State of California, described as follows, to wit:
Being Lots Twenty-eight (28) and Twenty-nine (29) of Gridley Colony Number Five (5) ,
according to the official map thereof, filed as a record in the office of the County Recorder of Butte, State of California, April 12th, 1906.
Done in open Court Nov 20 1916
J Gregory(?) Judge
.....That the residue of said estate now remaining in the hands of your petitioner is duly set forth and described in the schedule marked "A" hereunto annexed and made a part of this petition.
That the whole of said estate is separate property, the deceased being a widower at the time of his death.
That the said L.E. Duval died intestate in the Coung of Butte, State of California, on the twenty-third day of April, 1916, leaving him surviving your petitioner, Adele J. DeWitt, a daughter aged upwards of thirty years and residing in San Francisco, California, L. A. Duval, a son of said deceased afed upwards of twenty-nine years, residing in Platt, Kansas, and A. F. Duval, a son of said deceased aged upwards of twenty-seven yuears, residing in San Francisco, California.
That each of said persons above name be children of said deceased are entitled to one third of the residue of said estate.
.....That the value and character of said property so fare as known to your applicant, are as follows, to wit:
Cash in Rideout Bank, Gridley agency $158.09
Household furniture, clothing, etc. Valued at 20.00
Farming Implements, valued at 25.00
Two (2) horses, valued at 100.00
Real Estate .... valued at $5000.00
Subject to Mortgage of 1000.00
Net value of real estate $4000.00
......That the estate and effects for or in respect of which letters of administration are hereby applied for, do not exceed the value of Forty-three Hundred and Twenty-five Dollars ($4325.00)
Burial
Duval, Edward, no dates, IR only, Sec 137 Lot 1, Space 2 Osage Cemetery, Osage Co.Duval, Lenir Ed. 1850. 23 Apr 1916. IR only; France. Sec 137 Lot 1, Space 12 Osage Cemetery, Osage Co.
Duval, Mary G. 8 Sep 1855. 18 Dec 1905. w/ L.E. Sec 137 Lot 1, Space 10 Osage Cemetery, Osage Co.
*IR on cemetery records. That is the code for "Interment Record Only". Which means the information was obtained from another source, rather from a tombstone.
Endnotes
1. Duval, Louis Edward obituary, , San Francisco, Calif., April 1916,, age 65, native of France.
2. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1810 census - Born in France. Emigrated 1869..
3. Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/ Copyright © 1998-2000, MyFamily.com Inc. and its subsidiaries.), Year: 1869; Arrival: New York , United States; Microfilm serial: M237; Microfilm roll: M237_313; Line: 12; List number: 657..
4. Census - Kansas, Osage Co., 1900, born France, immigration yr. 1874, no. yrs. in US 26, NA.
5. Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/ Copyright © 1998-2000, MyFamily.com Inc. and its subsidiaries.), New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2006..
6. The First Forty Years" Naturalization Records (1866-1906). .
7. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, Employe's Service Certificate for Louis Edward Duval. 56 yrs., Resigned, Services satisfactory. Emporia, Kansas. Nov. 22, 1906 copy mailed to Mr. L. E. Duval. Newman, CA. Jan 1912. (Family records held by N. Prouty).
8. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints., Transcription of the United States Federal Population Census - 1880 (http://www.familysearch.org/ Oct. 2002).
9. Osage Co. Marriage Records: 238,, Burlingame, Osage Co., Kansas.
10. Kansas Marriages Search, online [http://www.genlookups.com/ks_marriages/], accessed July 2008.
11. Index to the 1895 Kansas State Census, online (http://hs5.kshs.org/cgi-bin/cenidx95.cgi).
12. 1900 Census Kansas, Osage Co., Osage City (read Sept, 27, 2000, Nancy Prouty).
13. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, Employe's Service Certificate for Louis Edward Duval. 56 yrs., Resigned, Services satisfactory. Emporia, Kansas. Nov. 22, 1906 copy mailed to Mr. L. E. Duval. Newman, CA. Jan 1912. (Family records held by N. Prouty).
14. Louis E Duval, (Big Bend, Oroville, Butte, California) to Adele J. Duval, letter, 16 November 1907; privately held by Nancy Prouty. , 2019. Adele to Marion to Nancy.
15. Bruce, Charles and Charlene., Guizlo Family Bible Records. 1871 - 1906. Two pages copied from Bible of Hazel Mary Guizlo. FHL US Film [1320608 Item 25] (Salt Lake City, UT: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1987.).
16. US Federal Population Census. 1910. California, Merced Co., Canal Precinct, Township Three. (read June 20, 2002, Nancy Prouty, SR Annex.), SD 6, ED 103, sheet 9 B..
17. Newspaper clipping: "Gridley Colonist died in San Francisco". (Gridley, CA: Gridley Herald, April 29, 1916.).
18. Duval, Louis Edward obituary, , San Francisco, Calif., April 1916,.
19. "Court Notes," Chico Record, 30 April 1916; online images, Center for Bibliographical Studies and Research (https://cdnc.ucr.edu : accessed 24 February 2019), California Digital Newpaper Collection.
20. California. Superior Court (Butte County), "California, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1850-1953," database, Ancestry.com, (: online 1 May 2022), L E Duval.